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What Kind of Learners Are You? The Visual Learner Do you need to see your teacher during lessons in order to fully understand the content of a lesson? Do you prefer to sit at the front of the classroom to avoid visual obstructions (e.g. people's heads)? Do you think in pictures and learn best from visual displays including: diagrams, illustrated text books, overhead transparencies, videos, flipcharts and hand-outs? During a lecture or classroom discussion, do you prefer to take detailed notes to absorb the information? The Auditory Learner Do you learn best through verbal lectures, discussions, talking things through and listening to what others have to say? Do you interpret the underlying meanings of speech through listening to tone of voice, pitch, speed and other nuances? Does written information have little meaning until you hear it? Learning Tip - you may benefit from listening to the radio or listening to text as you read it. You could try reading text aloud and using a tape recorder to play it back to yourself. The Tactile / Kinesthetic Learner Do you learn best through a hands-on approach, actively exploring the physical world around you? Do you find it hard to sit still for long periods? Do you become distracted easily? Learning Tip - you may benefit from taking an active part in role plays or drama activities. |
English Tips #1 If you don't start, you'll never finish.
The longer you put it off, the more likely you are to give up. So start. Now. Find an English class. Find some English learning software or books. Join an English learning forum. Begin learning the English alphabet (ABC) and numbers (123). Learn the vocabulary for your hobbies or interests. Do something. Do anything. Once you've started - don't stop. |
English Tips #2 Practice Makes Perfect
OK - so you've started. Now what? Now you have to practise - a lot. Have you ever worked out how many years it took you to gain your current level in your native language? Don't forget you had exposure to that language 24 hours a day seven days a week. Now work out how many hours that was. So, if you think you can learn all the English you need in an hour and a half a week - think again. Don't get me wrong, it's fine if you only want to learn certain phrases for travelling or fun: "Two beers please", or "Hello my name is ...", but if you want to become truly proficient, you've got a long way to go. You can do a lot by yourself, you can rehearse conversations and explanations you might need to use in real life, but then you have to get out into that real life. Luckily with the internet you can do a lot online. Find a friendly native speaker who would like to learn your language, or learn about your culture, if you can't do that you can do a lot by finding a language buddy, someone who is learning English and is on a similar level to you. Finding someone who is better than you certainly helps, and once you are more proficient find someone who needs your help too. Just remember, English is a living language, you need to live it |
English Tips #3 Take Responsibility
It's easy to expect your teacher to teach you English, but that's not how language acquisition works. The teacher is there to present English to you, but you have to learn it. After all, you wouldn't expect a waiter to eat your dinner for you, or a barman to drink your beer for you. I was always very clear with my students. In the first lesson I would tell them I wasn't there to teach them English, I was there to help them learn it. There is a difference. So, once you've been presented with new English words or vocabulary, it's up to you to use it, review it, even play with it. It's the only way you'll get it to stick in your brain and start to make sense. |
what the kamsud...???
im not mudeng :nyahaha: sory ndan ane masih pasif :101: |
English Tips #5 Talk to Yourself
Talking to yourself is no longer the first sign of madness - it's the first sign of excellence. "Self-talk" can help you to become more fluent. And the great thing is - you can do it anywhere: in the bath, in the car, while you're taking the dog for a walk. Try to put a regular time aside every day when you can talk to yourself in English. Talk about what you did yesterday, what you are doing, about interesting things which have happened to you and the things you're planning to do in the future. |
English Tips #6 Reflect on What You Are Learning
Try to recall what you have learnt as you are taking a class as well as afterwards. Try different ways of studying the material. Think about applying these new concepts to your work situation. From time to time, review the classes you have completed as a refresher. Do some of the exercises you did a few months ago, and see if you've improved your score. |
English Tips #8 Learn From Your Mistakes
We all make mistakes, so we need to learn to accept them as a fact of life. Making a genuine mistake does not make you any less of a person. If anyone gives you an unnecessarily stressful time about making a mistake, remember they will have made just as many mistakes as you, if not more. The question 'May I congratulate you on never having made a mistake in your life?' is a useful answer here (just not to your teacher)! Never making a mistake means never living life to the full. More useful lessons are learnt from mistakes than from successes. Children learn to walk because they get up when they fall, not because they stay down. Repeat each morning that to risk failure is to court success. |
English Tips #10 Being Understood
If you're struggling to get someone to understand you, try the tips below: * Speak more slowly (not louder!) * Keep it simple. Use words that are most common. For example, if you want to say cat, don't use the word feline. * Keep it simple. Use basic sentence structures (subject/verb/object). * Don't worry about pronouns, instead use the names of people you are talking about. * Use a lot of hand gestures. "Do you mean up?" Raise up your hands to help the person understand the word. * Use sound effects. You may feel silly, but if you are trying to tell someone that something exploded, using the sound "Ka Boom!" will get your point across! |
English Tips #11 Learning Vocabulary 2
Learning a word won't help very much if you promptly forget it. Research shows that it takes from 10 to 20 repetitions to really make a word part of your vocabulary. It helps to write the word - both the definition and a sentence you make up using the word - perhaps on an index card that can later be reviewed. As soon as you learn a new word, start using it. Review your index cards periodically to see if you have forgotten any of your new words. |
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